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These are the most polluted cities in the U.S.

Using year-round particle pollution data from the American Lung Association's State of the Air report, Stacker identified U.S. cities with the worst air pollution and the at-risk communities affected. Cities...
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Best colleges in big cities for 2021: Study

Best colleges in big cities | Stacker ranked at the best colleges in big cities using 2021 Niche rankings. Colleges in cities with populations of more than 300,000 were considered,...
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25 songs inspired by movies

Stacker compiled a list of 25 songs inspired by movies, drawing from lyrics, magazine and newspaper articles, fan sites, album liner notes, historical accounts, social media, and film archives. target="_blank">thestacker.com...
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Cities where your dollar goes the furthest

Assemble analyzed the Bureau of Economic Analysis's 2019 Regional Price Parity (RPP) index, released in December 2020. The Regional Price Parity index measures the differences in price levels across metropolitan...
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10 ways remote work has affected sleep

Sunday Citizen compiled facts and statistics on how remote work has affected sleep, especially over the past year, using 2020 data from health news publications, scientific journals, and surveys that...
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25 memorable fathers across film history

Stacker surveyed film history to compile a list of movies across decades, countries, and genres that portray memorable fathers. The films on the list are ranked by IMDb user rating,...
Credible compiled a list of 20 U.S. metro areas where homes are selling the fastest, using data from Zillow and ranking homes according to the average number of days they were listed before there was a pending sale in December 2020, the most recent month in which data was available for all metros.

Metros where homes are selling the fastest

Credible compiled a list of 20 U.S. metro areas where homes are selling the fastest, using data from Zillow and ranking homes according to the average number of days they...
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100 best films of all time, according to critics

Stacker gathered data from Metacritic (as of March 16, 2021), where movies are scored based on their aggregate critical reception. Movies not yet released to the public were not included....